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Tory Top Library:Suggested Reading
Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell
Once successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago but his past is about to catch up with him. Harriet has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago .Now in the late stages of a terminal illness she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden and asks Welin to uphold his pledge to bring her there .On the journey he reflects on his boyhood and the woman he later left behind but discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise to last.
Ghost Song by Sarah Rayne
The old Tarleton music hall is the subject of a mysterious restraint order that has kept it closed for over ninety years. When Robert Fallon is asked to survey the building he finds clues indicating that its long twilight sleep may contain a sinister secret. Joining forces with researcher Hilary Bryant he discovers the legend of the Tarelton ghost. After almost a century the Tarelton’s dark silence is about to end but there are those who find its reopening a threatening prospect and both Robert and Hilary become menaced by the secrets of the past.
8TH Confession by James Patterson
A rock star, a fashion designer, a software tycoon and a millionaire heiress are all 
dead. Just as they are the talk of the town when alive, interest in them doesn’t die when they die and detective Lindsay Boxer is assigned to the case. In stark contrast few people seem interested when local hero Bagman Jesus is brutally murdered. Reporter Cindy Thomas soon becomes fascinated by his story and wonders could the down and out Samaritan have been hiding a dark secret? Both Lindsay and Cindy seek guidance from their friends the Women’s Murder Club but with tensions running high will the friends be strong enough to stick together or will the strain tear them apart?
Trapped by Freda Lightfoot.
Carly Stanton is a lucky girl. Newly married to the man of her dreams, a beautiful home with family close by and with a job she adores. Oliver Stanton may be charming as well as being successful and financially secure but once the ring is on her finger, Carly discovers there’s a darker side to his nature. He is possessive and controlling, sapping her confidence so that she feels that she is lining on a knife edge with her nerves in shreds. Carly needs help before Oliver destroys her but who can she turn to as her family think he is Mr Wonderful. As Oliver’s cruelty escalates, can Carly find a way out of the marriage trap.
Tears of God by Christy Kenneally
Fr Michael Flaherty returns to his island home to hide from the world knowing that those he loves are in danger simply because he is alive. Try as he might, he can’t escape his past and soon an assassin’s dying message makes him realise that he must face his enemy one final time to rid himself of the evil that threatens everything and everyone he holds dear.
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